The European Investigative Journalism and Dataharvest Conference organised by Journalismfund.eu, is the most relevant networking event for investigative and data journalists in Europe. Dataharvest EIJC17 will take place on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday morning 21 May 2017, with a pre-conference Hack Day on Thursday 18 May.

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Researching the internet means more than typing a search into Google and then clicking on the link to Wikipedia. Successful research does not begin at Google, it begins in your brain. First think about, who might know the answer or if there is a specific search-tool for your question. Major parts of the internet, the "deep web", are unreachable for search engines. Moreover, wide parts of the social web exclude them. So structure your research: what are you looking for, where are you looking, and which specific tools and methods exist. The more you know about the structure of the internet, the more effective your searches will be.

Albrecht Ude is based in Berlin (Germany) and Friesland, works as freelancing journalist, researcher and research-trainer (online-researches, source checking, fact checking and security issues).writes for several newspapers and magazines, print and online. focusses on structured internet... Read More →